Proverbs 29:18:7Prov.29.18.W7TAB
אַשְׁרֵֽהוּ׃
ashrehu
“happy is he”
- Transliteration
- ash-re-HU
- Extended
- ahsh-reh-HOO
- IPA
- /ʔaʃ.rɛːˈhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- happy is he
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ash-re-HU
- phraseyour reading level
to-RA ash-re-HU
- clause
ve-sho-MER to-RA ash-re-HU
- sentence
be-EN kha-ZON yip-pa-RA AM ve-sho-MER to-RA ash-re-HU
Exegesis
The evaluative conclusion ashrehu {אַשְׁרֵהוּ | ʾaś-rê-hū} ‘blessed is he’ provides the promise. This antithetic parallelism contrasts the lack of guidance with the reward for observance.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–shin–resh
“to be straight, to be happy/blessed”
In context — Proverbs 29:18
Where there is no vision, the people become unrestrained, but whoever keeps the law is blessed .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 29:18:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Proverbs 29:18, so the Hebrew word אַשְׁרֵֽהוּ׃ (ashrehu) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Prov.29.18.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.29.18.W7.S1) and character.